Sleight-of-Hand : a practical manual of Legerdemain for amateurs and others.
by Edwin T Sachs, edited by Paul Fleming:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Berkeley Heights [NJ]: Fleming Book Company, 1946. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xiv, 400pp. With 131 drawings by Jeanne McLavy. Original red cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. There is some sunning of the binding, the titling is darkened on the spine, light foxing to the edges of the text block, and a bookplate and gift inscription to the front endpapers. Overall, this book is in good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67786
- Title
- Sleight-of-Hand : a practical manual of Legerdemain for amateurs and others.
- Author
- Edwin T Sachs, edited by Paul Fleming:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Berkeley Heights [NJ]: Fleming Book Company, 1946.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
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About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
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Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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